When we arrived in Mirzapur we were able to take a shower and get some breakfast, then we were transferred to river boats where we spent the next 3 days sailing down the Ganges. It was lovely just relaxing on the boats which were very small and covered in cushions and blankets as we either used the sail or were rowed down the river. We drank lots of Masala chai (very sweet tea with spices-delicious!) and nearly froze to death spending 2 nights camping on the sand...

We flew from Zanzibar over to Dar es Salaam on the smallest plane you could imagine! We had to climb up rope ladder type steps and then when we were on the plane it was impossible to stand up straight the ceiling was so low! There was one pilot who we could see clearly and the seat next to the pilot (that had controls in front of it) was occupied by a passenger too! We flew pretty low straight over the sea to Tanzania’s coast… it only took about 20 m...